Is there anything that i can use to fix/fill in a small crack in a cf hood?

 

First off, how did you crack your hood and what hood is it so I can avoid it? I don't think there is a way to fix it. Nothing I have ever heard you can do.

 

You can fix it and paint it.

 

seibon, its in his sig

 

I didn't look at his sig, and really don't look at anybodies. It really is irrelevent to me, I just read the post's. I thought Seibon was high quality?? I won't be getting one of those hoods then.

 

sand blast it and clear coat again

 

It's not that it's cracked at all, it just has slight chips, I guess it happened while it was in the shipping process.

 

yeah, its just like a chunk taken out of it.

 

i think that the only way to fix that is to buy another hood.

 

I got a Seibon OEM style hood and after install noticed some very small hairline cracks at the front of the hood. Anyway to cut a long story short I complained over telphone to Seibon and they responded by saying 'you signed for it you have no come back'. Although they eventually give it to me at cost. I also talked to them about the strength of the CF hoods and they responded by saying 'its only the CF itself that is strong and not the clear coating, which is very fragile'. Just an FYI if you are thinking about buying one.

 

CF hoods are lightweight, but will chip very easily. You can lightly sand and sweep fair with a high quality laminating resin, but this won't be a very "pretty" fix.

Editorial note: CFRP is not an ideal material for exterior panels on a street driven car, as is it suseptible to UV and yellowing, fractures rather than bends on impact, and doesn't stand up to daily wear and tear at all. I'd live with the extra couple of pounds heavier that the OEM aluminum hood is, and spend my money on parts that would actually make the car faster, rather than make the car look faster/look like a race car.

YMMV,
Greg

PS: I make a living designing repairs on CFRP aircraft parts, I know the relative strengths and weaknesses of the material well.